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Matthew McConaughey's full White House press briefing statement on gun violence. (Video)
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A timeline of failed attempts to address U.S. gun violence.
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FTC to probe CVS Caremark, Express Scipts and other pharmacy benefit managers. These businesses, the biggest of which are run by companies that also operate health insurers, have been criticized by doctors and patients over their formularies and other concerns about drug access.
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A 'dangerous and deadly heat wave' is on the way, the weather service warns. More than 25 million people are under heat alerts, and more than 50 daily high-temperature records could be broken through the weekend - including in Death Valley, California, one of the hottest places on earth.
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Dentist warns against one habit that leaves 'the baddest, toughest' germs in your mouth. The biggest problem is that people either neglect their mouth or go to the other extreme by disinfecting and sterilizing it to such a degree that they disrupt the balance of the oral microbiome.
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Queens man accused of killing Chinese food delivery worker is obsessed with duck sauce, other condiments, say police. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz previously called Hirsch's demand for duck sauce an "obsessive point of contention." On Tuesday, a police source told the New York Post that his whole refrigerator was discovered to be filled with duck sauce, calling him a "hoarder."
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As the Great Salt Lake dries up, Utah faces 'an environmental nuclear bomb'. Most alarming, the air surrounding Salt Lake City would occasionally turn poisonous. The lake bed contains high levels of arsenic and as more of it becomes exposed, windstorms carry that arsenic into the lungs of nearby residents, who make up three-quarters of Utah's population.
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What is a recession? A really good explanation. (Video) Also, what is inflation? in six minutes (Video).
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iPhones will be required to use USB-C charging by 2024 under EU policy. Provisional EU agreement applies to additional electronics, laptops to follow. Let's hope the policy spreads to the US as well.
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Late night watch: President Biden will visit "Jimmy Kimmel Live" tonight.
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Miscellany:
Birthdays:
- 1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (d. 1959).
- 1910 - John W. Campbell, American science fiction writer and editor (d. 1971).
- 1918 - Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer. (Video)
- 1925 - Barbara Bush, American wife of George H.W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States (d. 2018)
- 1927 - Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer (d. 2020) (Video)
- 1933 - Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014). (Video)
- 1940 - Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress. (Video)
- 1951 - Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer-songwriter. (Video)
- 1955 - Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web.
On this date in:
- 1789 - James Madison introduced twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress. Ten were eventually adopted, known as the Bill of Rights.
- 1887 - Herman Hollerith received a patent for his punch card calculator.
- 1912 - Carl Laemmle incorporated Universal Pictures.
- 1949 - George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four was published.
- 1953 - The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
- 1964 - Jan and Dean released the single "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)". (Video)
- 1966 - the National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
- 1968 - Gary Puckett and Union Gap released "Lady Willpower". (Video)
- 1979 - "The Source," the first computer public information service, went online.
- 1984 - the film "Ghostbusters" was released. (Video)
Today is:
Best Friends Day, Betty Picnic Day, Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day, Name Your Poison Day, National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Thomas Paine Day, Upsy Daisy Day, World Brain Tumor Day, and World Oceans Day.
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Comments and observations:
Credit card debt soared by $17.8 billion in April, the second highest
amount ever. The highest was March, when it soared by a staggering $25.6
billion. Consumers are completely tapped out. They're using their credit
cards to buy food and pay for other essentials.
-Peter Schiff
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